Despatched 229 Lakh Covid Vaccine Doses To Different Nations: Overseas Ministry
Within the coming weeks, vaccines will probably be equipped to extra nations, MEA spokesperson stated. (Record)
New Delhi:
India equipped over 229 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccines to quite a lot of nations out of which 64 lakh doses were equipped as grant help and 165 lakh on industrial foundation, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) stated on Friday.
Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava stated India will proceed to take ahead the worldwide vaccine provide initiative and canopy extra nations in a phased approach.
“As of date, we now have equipped a complete of 229.7 lakh doses to the worldwide neighborhood. Of those, 64.7 lakh doses were equipped as grant whilst 165 lakh doses were equipped on a industrial foundation,” he stated at a media briefing.
Mr Srivastava stated consignments of coronavirus vaccine doses have been provides as items to Bangladesh (20 lakh), Myanmar (17 lakh), Nepal (10 lakh), Bhutan (1.five lakh), the Maldives (1 lakh), Mauritius (1 lakh), Seychelles (50,000), Sri Lanka (five lakh), Bahrain (1 lakh), Oman (1 lakh), Afghanistan (five Lakhs), Barbados (1 Lakh) and Dominica (70,000).
He stated nations which won vaccines on industrial foundation are Brazil (20 lakh), Morocco (60 lakh), Bangladesh (50 lakh), Myanmar (20 lakh), Egypt (50,000), Algeria (50,000), South Africa (10 lakh), Kuwait (2 lakh) and UAE (2 lakh).
Within the coming weeks, vaccines will probably be equipped to extra nations in Africa, Latin The united states, CARICOM and the Pacific Island states, he stated.
The Caribbean Group (CARICOM) is a grouping of 20 island countries that are house to roughly 16 million folks.
“Selections on those provides will, in fact, be calibrated as in keeping with home manufacturing and the necessities of the nationwide vaccination programme,” Mr Srivastava stated.
He didn’t give an immediate respond to a query on whether or not India is sending the vaccine doses to Canada.
In a significant announcement, India on January 19 stated it is going to ship COVID-19 vaccines beneath grant help to a number of nations. India is likely one of the international’s greatest drugmakers, and increasingly more nations have already approached it for purchasing anti-coronavirus vaccines.
